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The International Football Business Institute (IFBI) is a football business school in Brussels founded in 2016 in partnership with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). Over 90 lecturers from all over the world teach the ins and outs of the football business industry.

Education
The institute offers a Postgraduate education in Football Business of 60 ECTS. Admission to the programme is open to anyone who already earned a bachelor’s or master’s degree, but the number of participants is limited to 25 per academic year. The programme is taught in English.

The academic year is divided into three trimesters, each consisting of 10 course weeks: the first trimester starts in September and ends in December, the second starts in January and ends in March and the third one starts in April and ends in June. Participants take exams in December, March and June.

Next to theory courses on campus, the programme consists of two Experience Tours per trimester with trips to different clubs, federations, stadiums, conferences ... In the academic year 2016-2017, the Experience Tours included visits to Ajax Amsterdam, the KNVB in Zeist and the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, the KBVB and the Koning Boudewijnstadion in Brussels, the Geneva Stadium, EPFL, UEFA, the Olympic Museum, the FIFA World Football Museum and FIFA, the ESSMA Summit on Stadium Development in the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Lyon, FC Barcelona, the London Stadium from West Ham United, Stamford Bridge from Chelsea FC and the Emirates Stadium from Arsenal FC, Manchester United, Manchester City, Stoke City and the Europa League Final in Stockholm.

Degree
International Postgraduate Certificate in Football Business from Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Campus
The International Football Business Institute finds its home in the University Foundation in Brussels. An authentic building in the heart of the capital, founded in 1920 to support higher education and scientific research.

History
The institute was founded in 2016 by Jos Verschueren, Simon Van Kerckhoven, Walter Mortelmans and Robert Kuijpers. The first academic started on the 26th of September 2016.